Evaluation of Male Fertility-Enhancing Activities of Water Seed Extract of Hunteria umbellata in Wistar Rats

Table 2

Effect of repeated daily oral treatments with 100-400 mg/kg/day of Hunteria umbellata aqueous seed extract on the average testicular weight (TW) and gonadosomatic indices (GSI) of treated rats.

Groups	Average rat weight on day 60 (g)	TW (g)	SGI (x10^−2)
I	290.50 ± 11.90	03.51 ± 0.32	12.07 ± 0.66
II		04.27 ±	13.50 ± 0.8
III	280.00 ± 09.42	03.37 ± 0.20	12.01 ± 0.32
IV	279.20 ± 14.95	03.36 ± 0.27	12.04 ± 0.34
V	243.70 ± 11.74	03.94 ± 0.03	16.21 ± 0.8
VI	307.80 ± 5.78	04.04 ± 0.1	13.05 ± 0.3

and represent significant increases at p<0.05, p<0.01, and p<0.001, respectively, when compared to Group I values.
I = 10 ml/kg/day of distilled water.
II = 0.3 mg/kg/day of clomiphene dissolved in distilled water.
III = 100 mg/kg/day of Hunteria umbellata aqueous seed extract dissolved in distilled water.
IV = 200 mg/kg/day of Hunteria umbellata aqueous seed extract dissolved in distilled water.
V = 400 mg/kg/day of Hunteria umbellata aqueous seed extract dissolved in distilled water.
VI = 20 mg/kg/day of Vitamin C dissolved in distilled water.